July 6, 2018

Palace intervention sought over DOE-ERC turf rivalry on power supply contracting

By Myrna M. Velasco – July 4, 2018, 10:43 PM from Manila Bulletin The aggrupation of the country’s renewable energy (RE) project developers is formally seeking the intervention of Executive Secretary Salvador C. Medialdea on the “escalating turf war” of […]
May 17, 2018

2 groups of ECs forge partnership to boost government’s rural-electrification program

By Lenie Lectura – May 16, 2018 from Business Mirror TWO groups of electric cooperatives (ECs) formed a strategic partnership with the aim of pushing the electrification agenda forward in the national policy-making discussion as well as addressing recent challenges […]
May 14, 2018

Electric coops worried over entry of private firms in rural areas

By REY G. PANALIGAN – 12 May 2018 from Manila Bulletin More than 100 electric cooperatives (ECs) which are non-stock and non-profit organizations have expressed apprehensions over the government’s plan to allow private corporations to enter the rural electrification business […]
April 18, 2018

ECs thumb down entry of private firms in their franchise areas

By Myrna M. Velasco – April 17, 2018, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin The country’s electric cooperatives (ECs) are refusing the entry of deep-pocketed third party investors in their respective franchise areas, including those that had been rendered ‘unviable’ for […]